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Witters Vs. Svcs. for the Blind

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  • US Supreme Court
  • Jan 27, 1986

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  1. Sloan Vs. Lemon US Supreme Court · Jun 25, 1973
  2. Lynch Vs. Donnelly US Supreme Court · Mar 05, 1984
  3. Meek Vs. Pittenger US Supreme Court · May 19, 1975
  4. Witters v. Svcs
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  5. for the Blind - 474 U.S. 481 (1986) U.S. Supreme Court Witters v. Svcs
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  6. for the Blind, 474 U.S. 481 (1986) Witters v. Washington
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  7. court affirmed on the same state law grounds cited by the agency. The State Supreme Court affirmed as well. Witters v. Commission
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  8. consistently presented this Court with difficult questions of interpretation and application. We acknowledged in Lemon v. Kurtzman
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  9. Id. at 403 U. S. 612 , quoted in Mueller v. Allen
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  10. Public Education and Religious Liberty v. Nyquist
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  11. by this Court in Lemon and quoted supra, at 474 U. S. 484 -485. See Grand Rapids School District v. Ball
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  12. in creating the program was to endorse religion, Wallace v. Jaffree
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  13. U. S. 38 , 472 U. S. 74 (1985), quoting Lynch v. Donnelly
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  14. from the State. Grand Rapids School District v. Ball
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  15. Wolman v. Walter
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  16. Committee for Public Education and Religious Page 474 U. S. 488 Liberty v. Nyquist
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  17. Sloan v. Lemon
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  18. Meek v. Pittenger
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  19. state aid to help pay for his religious education confer any message of state endorsement of religion. See Lynch v. Donnelly
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  20. dictates of the Washington State Constitution, see Witters v. Commission
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  21. no opinion on that matter. See Rescue Army v. Municipal
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  22. the record before us. Because this Court must affirm or reverse upon the case as it appears in the record, Russell v. Southard
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  23. This is not the case described in Grand Rapids School District v. Ball
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  24. quoting Wolman v. Walter
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  25. At the same time, I agree with most of JUSTICE POWELL's concurring opinion with respect to the relevance of Mueller v. Allen
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  26. POWELL, with whom THE CHIEF JUSTICE and JUSTICE REHNQUIST join, concurring. The Court's omission of Mueller v. Allen
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  27. of advancing religion. Lemon v. Kurtzman
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  28. U. S. 602 , 403 U. S. 612 (1971). See also Committee for Public Education and Religious Liberty v. Nyquist
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  29. educational assistance to a class defined without reference to religion do not violate the second part of the Lemon v. Kurtzman
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  30. because it found that the program had the practical effect of aiding religion in this particular case. Witters v. Commission
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  31. of the tuition reimbursement programs at issue in Nyquist, supra, at 413 U. S. 780 -789, and Sloan v. Lemon
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  32. U. S. 825 , 413 U. S. 830 -832 (1973). See also Board of Education v. Allen
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  33. Everson v. Board
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  34. Cf. Sloan v. Lemon
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  35. of the tax benefits in Mueller ultimately flowed to religious institutions. Compare Mueller v. Allen
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  36. no matter what the characteristics of the challenged program. This Court has never taken such an approach. See Walz v. Tax
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  37. students are secular. As JUSTICE POWELL's separate opinion persuasively argues, the Court's opinion in Mueller v. Allen
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  38. from the facts before us an inference that the State itself is endorsing a religious practice or belief. See Lynch v. Donnelly
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  39. U.S. Supreme Court Witters v. Svcs
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  40. Witters v. Washington
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  41. Witters v. Commission
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  42. Mueller v. Allen
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  43. Public Education and Religious Liberty v. Nyquist
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  44. See Grand Rapids School District v. Ball
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  45. the State. Grand Rapids School District v. Ball
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  46. Wolman v. Walter
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  47. Liberty v. Nyquist
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  48. See Lynch v. Donnelly
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  49. See Rescue Army v. Municipal
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  50. Russell v. Southard
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